Fellows in the News!

Durham Public Schools Beginning Teacher of the Year:

Two of the current TeachHouse Fellows, Ashley Pollard and Shannon Potter, both in their second year of teaching, were recently selected as 2017 Durham Public Schools Beginning Teacher of the Year at their respective schools and then named District finalists (Pollard: Elementary Division finalist and Potter: High School Division finalist). Shannon Potter, was recently named as the 2017 District Beginning Teacher of the Year for the High School division.

TeachHouse Happenings:

The TeachHouse has partnered with the National Humanities Center, located in the Research Triangle Park. Five TeachHouse Fellows: Scott Ellis, Mary Margaret Mills, Emily Stout, Savannah Windham, and Benton Wise, were recently selected as interns with the National Humanities Center and will collaborate this May and June with PhD students from Duke and UNC-CH to develop scholarly-informed and research-based teaching resources and materials as part of the Center’s ‘Humanities Moments’ project.